394 Pa. Super. 277 - Commonwealth v. Gee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) petition the court for leave to withdraw stating that after making a conscientious examination of the record and interviewing the defendant, counsel has determined the appeal would be frivolous, (2) file a brief referring to any issues in the record of arguable merit and (3) furnish a copy of the brief to defendant and advise him of his right to retain new counsel or raise any additional points he deems worthy of this Court’s review.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 447 Pa. Super. 381 - Commonwealth v. Fischetti · 2004 Pa. Super. 329 - In re S.M.B.

2. “(1) [to] give[] the reviewing court a basis upon which to decide if the appeal is, in fact, frivolous, and (2) [to] give[ ] indigent defendants as nearly as is practicable that which is guaranteed them under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, the right to counsel (and, in the process, [to] protect[] counsel from ineffectiveness allegations). ■”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2000 Pa. Super. 138 - In Re Adoption of V.G.